Another Radio Ink Honoree Moving Up
David Abel is the new Vice President/Market Manager of Cox radio stations in San Antonio. Abel was was honored in 2015 by Radio Ink as one of the “Best Managers in Radio.”
Rahmani Given SVP Role
Josh Rahmani has been promoted to Senior Vice President, National and Network Sales at Radio One. Rahmani has been with Radio One since 2005, starting out as a Corporate Sales Assistant.
Lane Wins Prestigious Award
Nancy Lane, President of the Local Media Association, has been selected as the recipient of Borrell Associates’ 2019 Award of Merit for outstanding leadership and innovation in local media.
Smyth: It’s Time To Answer The Smart Speaker Call
(By Peter Smyth) A PWC study from last year ranked how we use smart speakers. The top response was “ask a question,” followed closely by “listen to a streaming music service." “Listening to radio” was down the list in fifth place with 26% daily usage. As an industry, we need to address this.
WJR Wins Again
Detroit station WJR/NewsTalk 760 AM was honored at the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Broadcast Excellence Awards, winning Station of the Year for the third time in four years.
EAGLE Takes Flight At 106.3
WEKL/Augusta is taking its bow as Classic Rock station EAGLE 106.3. The station will broadcast rock from the 70s to early 2000s.
Logitek Turns 40
Back in 1979, in Houston, Tag Borland (pictured) and Scott Hochberg founded audio console manufacturer Logitek. A lot has been achieved in the intervening four decades.
Over $450K Raised For Foundation
A new fundraising record was set at the Broadcasters Foundation of America’s 2019 Golden Mike Award gala last week, which was attended by over 300 people at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
Geico Makes It 5 Weeks Running
It's almost to the point where we can start saying, “as usual Geico has topped the Media Monitors list for the country’s leading radio advertisers last week."
Seven More House Members Sign On
More names have been added to the NAB's Local Radio Freedom Act. Seven Members of the House of Representatives have added their cosponsorship to the resolution opposing any new royalties on radio. The resolution now has 147 cosponsors in the House and 13 in the Senate.
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